Well, you’re probably going to have to do it yourself. To get him to let you, maybe find some youtube videos featuring characters (Maybe the Wiggles?) doing it.

I’m having the exact same mproblem with my 23month old!

try the toothpaste for milk teeth that mccleans makes, they kids love the taste and will do it just for this

Motherhood is all about persistence! these little people are here to test us but if you keep persisting they will eventually get it!

the dentist told me to say that I needed to scrub their fairies or pirates that are inside there teeth and make them all clean and sparkle

Hope things have improved for you since you asked this. Both my kids went through it but they were stages that soon passed

Our son has only just let us brush his with no fuss, unfortunately that took over a year of brushing twice a day no matter how much he fought or cried. You just have to keep going with it and not take no for an answer. Tears and fights at night are better than having his teeth pulled out.

No solutions but the other mum’s tips are very useful

Give him a present if he brushes properly!

Good luck

At 16 months old you should be cleaning his teeth till he is old enough to, my son used to love it when mummy brushed his teeth at that age you need to remember at that age they not gonna do much his still trying to get a hold of things and he will do it himself with a bit of encouragement.

We made it a game, put an in-ce-wee-nie bit of toothpaste on the toothbrush and cleaned as fast as I could and praise her as much as I could and she laughed and giggled

i know he is only young, but if you have an iphone, download the nurdle time app. he might like to watch it and listen to the song while he does it. make it fun

My 2nd son didn’t like brushing his teeth, he just chewed on the brush and used water for two years. I think he didn’t like the toothpaste feel. We went through a lot of toothbrushes!! His teeth are fine, he’s six now and he brushes properly, it may just be a phase, hopefully your son will grow out of it like mine did.

There are teeth brushing apps you can download…?

How is he going? Have you tried any suggestions here and have they worked??

Trycleañing you teeth together. I show her how to do it so she will try to copy it. We also sing a little song to encourage her to actually either mover her hand ot head to brush the teeth

only time my son at nearlytwo will brush teeth is if we do ours in te same room at the same time.

My son would just suck the toothbrush with no toothpaste. I just kept brushing in front of him now he has just turned 2 and all of a sudden wants to brush his teeth with toothpaste all the time!! I think its just an age thing. Good luck!

I like the musical toothbrush idea – makes tooth brushing fun! (-: